US 2026/0054409 A1 · FLIP PLATFORM FOR A COMBINATION SAW MOTOR WITH CIRCULAR BLADE

Abstract

A unique flip platform is configured to be used in conjunction with a combination saw motor with a circular blade that enables it to be used in a dual-purpose manner for both cross cuts and rip-cuts. The combination saw motor with a circular blade is rotated 90° horizontally on the flip platform, and a middle portion of the top surface of the flip platform supported between the legs of the table is flipped over 180° vertically so the combination saw motor with a circular blade is now on the bottom of the platform. The blade of the combination saw motor with a circular blade extends upward through a slot in the middle portion of the platform surface to allow the user to make rip-cuts along the length of a workpiece. Heretofore two distinctly different saws were required, one to make cross cuts and one to make rip-cuts.

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Dependent claims

A method for converting a flip platform, the method comprising the steps of:

(a) rotating a rotatable platform base on the flip platform by 90 degrees clockwise;
(b) releasing a first latch on the flip platform from a first horizontal lateral support member;
(c) releasing a second latch on the flip platform from a second horizontal lateral support member;
and
(d) rotating the flip platform vertically 180 degrees.

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A flip platform comprising:

a flip platform rotatably supported between a left horizontal lateral support member and a right horizontal lateral support member;
a flip platform slot parallel to a front and back side of the flip platform and perpendicular to a left and right side of the flip platform;
a rotatable platform base rotatably secured to a top side of the flip platform;
a first latch configured to secure a first side of the flip platform to the left horizontal lateral support member, and a second latch to secure a second side of the flip platform to the right horizontal lateral support member;
a first leg that supports the left horizontal lateral support member;
a second leg that supports the right horizontal lateral support member, wherein the flip platform is elevated to a convenient working height by the first leg and the second leg;
a left flip platform rotation point located at a midpoint along the left horizontal lateral support member and at a midpoint along a left side of flip platform;
a right flip platform rotation point;
located at a midpoint along the left horizontal lateral support member and at a midpoint along a right side of flip platform;
and
a center rotation point about which the rotatable platform base rotates with respect to the flip platform.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Flip platform for a combination saw motor with circular blade

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Flip platform for a combination saw motor with circular blade

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Abstract

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